The Discourse

Welcome back to THE DISCOURSE, a podcast about film, entertainment & culture. Your hosts, Tony Black & Carl Sweeney, cheat a bit this week by presenting a classic bit of discourse - the second of a two-part chat for their previous podcast, Motion Pictures, talking about their favourite 5 movies ever...Join us every Monday & Tuesday for brand new episodes digging into The Discourse...Host / EditorT...

Welcome back to THE DISCOURSE, a podcast about film, entertainment & culture. Your hosts, Tony Black & Carl Sweeney, cheat a bit this week by presenting a classic bit of discourse - the first of a two-part chat for their previous podcast, Motion Pictures, talking about their favourite 5 movies ever...Join us every Monday & Tuesday for brand new episodes digging into The Discourse...Host / EditorTo...

Welcome back to THE DISCOURSE, a podcast about film, entertainment & culture. In a special bonus episode this week, your hosts, Carl Sweeney & Tony Black, focus in on the 60th anniversary of James Bond. They touch on The Sound of 007 documentary and the Music of 007 concert from the Royal Albert Hall on Amazon Prime, Amazon's release of the Bond canon on their service, give their own thoughts on B...

Welcome back to THE DISCOURSE, a podcast about film, entertainment & culture. Your hosts, Carl Sweeney & Tony Black, discuss topics including the Sight & Sound Greatest 100 Films ever list, previewing the new 10-yearly list and giving a potted history; discuss Tony's new book, released October 13th, THE CINEMATIC CONNERY: THE FILMS OF SIR SEAN CONNERY; and in What We've Been Watching, Carl chats C...

Welcome back to THE DISCOURSE, a podcast about film, entertainment & culture. Your hosts, Carl Sweeney & Tony Black, discuss topics including Alissa Wilkinson's Vox piece discussing AMSTERDAM, GLASS ONION & how AVENGERS: ENDGAME influenced film casting; the problematic David O. Russell; and just who is Sean Egan and why is he slamming the worst of takes down on Martin Scorsese? Join us every Monda...

Welcome back to THE DISCOURSE, a podcast about film, entertainment & culture. In a special bonus episode this week, your hosts, Tony Black & Carl Sweeney, focus in on Andrew Dominik's controversial drama, BLONDE.They briefly touch on thoughts about the film before diving into the critical and cultural reaction - is it exploitation? Is it disrespectful and abusive toward Marilyn Monroe? Is it even...

Welcome back to THE DISCOURSE, a podcast about film, entertainment & culture. Your hosts, Tony Black & Carl Sweeney, discuss topics including the latest cancelled STAR TREK movie and the current state of that major franchise; and in What We've Been Watching, Carl discusses going to see AVATAR at the cinema & waxes lyrical about BORGEN, while Tony isn't sure about the new Daisy May Cooper comedy AM...

Welcome back to THE DISCOURSE, a podcast about film, entertainment & culture. Your hosts, Tony Black & Carl Sweeney, discuss topics including experiencing RETURN OF THE JEDI in concert at the Royal Albert Hall; James Earl Jones selling his voice rights to Disney; Andrew Dominik's controversial interview on his film BLONDE, and the BFI's Screen Culture initiative. Join us every Monday & Tuesday for...

Welcome back to THE DISCOURSE, a podcast about film, entertainment & culture. In a special bonus episode this week, your hosts, Tony Black & Carl Sweeney, focus in on Olivia Wilde's recent thriller, DON'T WORRY DARLING.They follow up from a previous episode on gossip around the production, examine the box office figures so far, and get into their thoughts about the movie now they have both seen it...

Welcome back to THE DISCOURSE, a podcast about film, entertainment & culture. Your hosts, Tony Black & Carl Sweeney, discuss topics including the future of the James Bond franchise based on recent statements; Marvel's SHE-HULK wilfully spoiling THE SOPRANOS and a broader discussion about spoiler culture, and in the What We've Been Watching segment, Carl gets into THE LAST MOVIE STARS & ANATOMY OF...

Welcome back to THE DISCOURSE, a podcast about film, entertainment & culture. Your hosts, Tony Black & Carl Sweeney, discuss topics including the dearth of significant films at the box office over the summer & what that might mean for cinema; they revisit James Cameron's AVATAR as it enjoys a cinematic re-release and discuss its cultural relevance, and talk their experience watching the funeral of...

A huge welcome back to THE DISCOURSE, a podcast about film, entertainment & culture. Your hosts, Tony Black & Carl Sweeney, discussing topics including the fascinating drama behind Olivia Wilde's upcoming DON'T WORRY DARLING, Quentin Tarantino's controversial opinion on Francois Truffaut, the death of French New Wave icon director Jean-Luc Godard, and touch on what they've both recently been watch...

A huge welcome to THE DISCOURSE, a podcast about film, entertainment & culture. Your hosts, Tony Black & Carl Sweeney, introduce themselves and give a flavour of what the podcast is, before discussing topics including the BFI season programming geared around Pam Grier, her starring role in Tarantino's Jackie Brown, and the problematic commentary of 007 legend George Lazenby. Join us every Monday &...